State Report Rubric

Name of student ______State ______

Points

______Report in correct format, including front cover and headings (7)

______Mechanics, including spelling, capitalization, paragraphs, punctuation, legibility if handwritten, underlining where needed, sentence structure appropriate (15)

______Pictures included: neat and appropriate for state (5)

______Historical Background included for state and questions answered from State Report Guidelines. (4)

______Geography and Climate included for state and questions answered from State Report Guidelines. (7)

______Resources and Industries included for state and questions answered from State Report Guidelines. (4)

______People and Leaders included for state and questions answered from State Report Guidelines. (5)

______Points of Interest included for state and questions answered from State Report Guidelines. (4)

______Interesting (Fun) Facts included for state and questions answered from State Report Guidelines. Interesting facts are added, investigation beyond typical basic facts is apparent (9)

______Topic sentences, transitions, details that support topic sentence and conclusions (10)

______Content is relevant to heading, details are added, research and effort is evident, knowledge about state is demonstrated. (10)

______Effort, neatness, and can be read easily for final project (10)

______Total points earned out of a possible 90

______Percentage grade